Our speech therapy staff specializes in home rehabilitation for individuals who have had strokes (CVA), head injuries or are dealing with a neurological illness and require the improvement of communication function, language, speech, voice and swallowing. Speech therapy for adults in the home allows for maximum convenience, and a personalized treatment program for every patient according to extent of the injury. Different communication disorders are suited to home treatment by a speech therapist:
Which cases are suitable for a home speech therapy service for adults?
Language disorders (aphasia) – as a result of neurological damage with brain damaged expressed as a disruption to speech, comprehension, reading and writing
Speech disorders (dysarthria) – speech disorders as a result of a stroke that canse damage the muscles of the face, tongue and palate and cause pronunciation problems, and in severe cases, speech that is completely unintelligible
Voice damage – certain neurological injuries can damage the process of producing sound as a result of paralysis of the vocal cords/problems in producing sound as a result of breathing difficulties, hoarseness, disuse, breathiness etc
Swallowing problems – brain damage can cause various problems with the swallowing mechanism which involves various muscle group Difficulties arise in swallowing foods of different consistencies, aspiration of food to the trachea, problems which can cause weightloss, and the requirement for artificial nutrition